The Central Valley is home to many of California's most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It's also where ...

The hospitalized teen was also given three antiviral treatments, underscoring how severe H5N1 infection can be ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

Researchers report the first confirmed cases of H5N1 bird flu in horses, highlighting their role as potential reservoirs for ...

While cases of bird flu in humans have steadily climbed since last fall, health officials maintain the risk to humans is low ...

A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects poultry and wild birds, ...

“For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

Previous seasonal flu infections and vaccinations may protect us against infection from the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu ...

In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor ...

Over 200 snow geese found across Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are suspected to have been killed by the bird flu, and experts ...